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A Trove on the Womens Suffrage Struggle, Found in an Old Box
A Trove on the Women’s Suffrage Struggle, Found in an Old Box
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
MARCH 29, 2017
It was 1874, a challenging year for Susan B. Anthony and the women’s suffrage movement. She had been convicted of illegally voting in Rochester, her hometown, and activists were split over the best way to push the movement forward.
On April 9, Anthony wrote to a fellow activist named Isabella Beecher Hooker, looking ahead to better days.
“Now wouldn’t it be splendid for us to be free & equal citizens, with the power of the ballot to back our hearts, heads & hands,” Anthony wrote, envisioning a time when women could also fight for “the poor, the insane, the criminal,” armed not just with moral suasion but “with power too.”
“I can hardly wait,” she continued. “The good fates though are working together to bring us into this freedom.”
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/arts/womens-suffrage-collection-susan-b-anthony.html?_r=0
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
MARCH 29, 2017
It was 1874, a challenging year for Susan B. Anthony and the women’s suffrage movement. She had been convicted of illegally voting in Rochester, her hometown, and activists were split over the best way to push the movement forward.
On April 9, Anthony wrote to a fellow activist named Isabella Beecher Hooker, looking ahead to better days.
“Now wouldn’t it be splendid for us to be free & equal citizens, with the power of the ballot to back our hearts, heads & hands,” Anthony wrote, envisioning a time when women could also fight for “the poor, the insane, the criminal,” armed not just with moral suasion but “with power too.”
“I can hardly wait,” she continued. “The good fates though are working together to bring us into this freedom.”
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/arts/womens-suffrage-collection-susan-b-anthony.html?_r=0
I hope these documents are published so we can all read details of the struggle for women's rights that still continues today.
